45 Facts About Lorelai Gilmore

Lorelai Victoria Gilmore is a fictional character in The WB series Gilmore Girls.

Lorelai Gilmore has a strained relationship with her wealthy parents, Richard and Emily, after running away as a teen to raise her daughter alone.

Lorelai Gilmore remains estranged from her parents for many years until the events of the pilot episode, where she asks her parents for help paying Rory's tuition.

Lorelai Gilmore's parents agree, on the condition that she visits them for dinner every Friday.

Besides an on-again, off-again relationship with Rory's father, Christopher Hayden, Lorelai Gilmore has romantic relationships that include Max Medina, a teacher at Rory's school, Chilton, to whom she was briefly engaged; Alex Lesman, an outdoorsy coffee house entrepreneur; Jason Stiles, a childhood acquaintance; and Luke Danes, the owner of Luke's Diner in her adopted hometown of Stars Hollow, Connecticut.

Lorelai Gilmore won two Teen Choice Awards for Choice TV Parental Unit in 2005 and 2006.

Lorelai Gilmore is often included on lists of "top TV moms".

Lorelai Victoria Gilmore was born to Richard and Emily Gilmore on April 25,1968.

Lorelai Gilmore's parents discovered her pregnancy during a fitting for her debutante dress.

Straub Hayden initially suggested that Lorelai Gilmore have an abortion; however, Emily would not allow this, and Richard suggested that Lorelai Gilmore and Christopher should marry instead.

Christopher agreed, but Lorelai Gilmore refused, convinced that marrying so young simply wouldn't work out.

When Lorelai Gilmore realized she was in labor, she left a note for her parents and drove alone to the hospital.

Lorelai Gilmore worked her way up over the years and was eventually promoted to executive management, her job as the show opens.

Lorelai Gilmore had almost no contact with her parents for many years after running away from home, except for visits during major holidays.

Lorelai Gilmore asks Emily and Richard to pay the attendance fees, and they agree to loan the money.

In exchange for paying for Rory's tuition at Chilton, Emily and Richard instate mandatory "Friday night dinners", to which Lorelai Gilmore reluctantly agrees, allowing them to get to know their granddaughter.

Lorelai Gilmore meets Rory's teacher Max Medina at Rory's first parent-teacher meeting at Chilton.

When Lorelai Gilmore wants to split, as it becomes too serious, she kisses Max in Chilton, provoking a scandal in the school and ending their relationship.

Suddenly, Lorelai Gilmore calls off the wedding and decides to go on a road trip with Rory, during which they visit Harvard University.

When Luke Danes' nephew Jess Mariano and Rory get into a car accident, Lorelai Gilmore blames Jess, which leads to a serious argument between Luke and Lorelai Gilmore.

Christopher returns to Stars Hollow, and after he tells Lorelai Gilmore he has problems in his relationship with Sherry, they spend the night together before Sookie's wedding.

Lorelai Gilmore eventually accepts his invitation to dinner, and they start seeing each other without telling her parents.

Lorelai Gilmore serves as a date for his sister's wedding and sees him in a new light.

At Richard and Emily's wedding renewal ceremony, Lorelai Gilmore finally admits to Luke her visit to Christopher when she notices his presence.

Lorelai Gilmore remains furious at Emily for some time but eventually forgives her.

Lorelai Gilmore is worried about Rory's relationship with Logan Huntzberger and his family's influence on her.

Lorelai Gilmore later finds out about Luke's daughter, and they postpone the wedding.

Luke begins to form a relationship with his daughter but insists that Lorelai Gilmore stay out of it.

Christopher finds a draft of the letter, and when reading it, he realizes that Lorelai Gilmore still loves Luke.

Lorelai Gilmore tries to deny it but soon realizes they're better off as friends.

Lorelai Gilmore realizes how much she loves Luke when she finds out that he was the one who planned Rory's goodbye party for the entire town.

Lorelai Gilmore realizes that Luke has been there for her from the beginning, and he loves her and her daughter.

Lorelai Gilmore goes on her own version of "Wild," where she tries to find herself.

Lorelai Gilmore gave us everything we wanted - a lovely little gift combo.

Lorelai Gilmore obtained the role in Gilmore Girls because she had all the characteristics producer Amy Sherman-Palladino was looking for.

Lorelai Gilmore is not a good friend to Sookie, even though she thinks she is; she kinda, sorta takes advantage of Sookie's pleaser tendencies and frequently ignores, minimizes, or dismisses Sookie's ideas and problems.

Lorelai Gilmore knows how to push Emily and Richard's buttons, and she never hesitates to do so.

We had a good four years, and in those four years, we saw Luke go through relationships, and we saw Lorelai Gilmore go through three relationships.

Gilmore Girls Lorelai Gilmore ranked 5th ahead of classic television mothers Marion Cunningham of Happy Days, Caroline Ingalls from Little House on the Prairie and Carol Brady.

Lorelai Gilmore ranked 14th, with 20 percent of respondents selecting her among their top 20 TV moms.

Lorelai Gilmore was listed in the Top 5 Modern TV Moms by Film.

Lorelai Gilmore was elected TV's Most Crushworthy Mom over Gloria Delgado-Pritchett of Modern Family.

In May 2012, Lorelai Gilmore was one of the 13 moms chosen by users of iVillage on their list of "Mommy Dearest: The TV Moms You Love".

In June 2010, Lorelai Gilmore was named one of the 100 Greatest Characters of the Last 20 Years along with her daughter Rory by Entertainment Weekly.

Lorelai Gilmore was nominated for the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series in 2000 and in 2001.